- Nov 29, 2009
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Had my first baseman called for obstruction during a game this fall. I thought the umpire blew the call completely.
Situation:
Ball hit to deep short. SS goes back and fields the ball. SS makes a hurried throw to 1st. The throw takes my first baseman towards the outfield side of the bag. She is stretched out fully trying to get the bad throw. She does not make the catch on the bad throw and falls to the ground after making the attempt. As she is trying to get up to retrieve the ball the batter/runner sees the ball get passed the fielder and breaks towards 2nd. The runner trips over the fielder on the ground and falls over her. The umpire calls her for obstruction.
My argument was it should have been a no call. My player was making a play on a thrown ball. She was not impeding the runner and could not just disappear once the runner made an abrupt direction change.
Did the ump get it right?
Situation:
Ball hit to deep short. SS goes back and fields the ball. SS makes a hurried throw to 1st. The throw takes my first baseman towards the outfield side of the bag. She is stretched out fully trying to get the bad throw. She does not make the catch on the bad throw and falls to the ground after making the attempt. As she is trying to get up to retrieve the ball the batter/runner sees the ball get passed the fielder and breaks towards 2nd. The runner trips over the fielder on the ground and falls over her. The umpire calls her for obstruction.
My argument was it should have been a no call. My player was making a play on a thrown ball. She was not impeding the runner and could not just disappear once the runner made an abrupt direction change.
Did the ump get it right?